Tobacco-pipe and cigar and cigarette holder



A. WEBBER.

TOBACCO PIPE AND CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATlON FILED APR.13, 1920.

1,373,849. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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ALFRED WEBBER, on ronrslviourn, ENGLAND.

TOBACCO-PIPE'AND CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

j Patented A r. 5, 1921.

Application filed April 13,1920. Serial No.'373,665.

pipes and holders with improved, simple and inexpensive means wherebysaliva and accumulated tobacco juices are positively maintained out ofcontact with the tobacco in the bowl of the pipe or holder, therebykeeping the tobacco dry, enabling the whole of it to be smoked to a dryash and greatly economizing the consumption of the same, where by thestem of the pipe or holder is. kept perfectly clear from small pieces oftobacco and from ash and therefore does not become stopped up, andwhereby, owing to the tobacco being maintained dry, the inside of thebowl or pipe or holder does not become crusted or coated with a harddeposit difficult to remove.

The invention refers to tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders'ofthe kind in which it has been proposed to provide a partition or falsebottom supported upon an annular ledge formed inside of the bowl of thepipe or holder and disposed above a chamber in said bowl.

The present invention provides a pipe or holder of the kind referred to,and is distinguished in that the partition or false bottom isnon-perforated, non-absorbent and removably supported upon the ledge,that the latter extends inwardly and is undercut in such manner that itserves to restrain saliva and nicotin collected within the chain her andto prevent it moving into contact with the tobacco in the pipe or holderwhen the latter is laid on its side, and that the under side of thepartition or false bottom or the upper surface of the ledge is or areformed with grooves or air passages to insure a draft through the pipe.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the bowl andintegral stem portion of a tobacco pipe constructed in accordance with aconvenient manner of carrying out the inven tion. V r

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

r F ig. 3 is a detail tion or false bottom.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l of a modified method of carrying outthe invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on a line at right angles to theplane'of Fig. 4, but

plan view of the p'arti-' with the partition or false bottom removed 7from the bowl. I Fig; 6 is a plan of the pipe shown in Fig. at, and I 47 Fig. 7 is a detail plan view'of the partition or false bottom shown inFigs. 4; and 6. Similar parts in all of the figures are designated bylike reference letters.

Thus,'in carrying out theinvention the bowl 4 of the pipe is formed witha hori zontal, inwardly extending, annular flange or ledge 0 undercut at0 and disposed above a chamber (Z communicating with the bore 6 in thestem 7". A disk, partition or false bottom it, preferably'made of thesame material as the bowl of the pipe, but which may be made of anynon-absorbent material other than that of the pipe if desired, is of adiameter slightly less than that of the bore of the bowl, and is fittedwithin the bowl a to removably rest upon the flange 0. In the modifiedform of the pipe, Figs. 4 to 7 the bowl a of the pipe is formed with ahorizontal or transverse, undercut, annular groove 25 disposed above theflange or ledge c and the chamber (Z. Two longitudinal grooves gareformed down the bore of the pipe bowl from the mouth of same to theannular groove 5. The disk, partition or false 7 bottom it is fittedwithin the bowl (1 to removably rest upon the. flange or ledge o and inalinement with the annular groove 6, as shown in Fig. 4:. Two lugs orprojections 5 are formed on the periphery of the disk h and adapted toengage within the grooves b and g in the bowl a.

When it is desired to use the modified form of pipe the disk 7?, is slidinto position down the'bore of the bowl (4 to rest upon the flange orledge c, theprojections i being caused to slide within and down thegrooves 9. When in position upon the flange or ledge 0 the disk in canbe prevented from accidentally falling out of the bowl, or beingotherwise dislodged from its correct position, by partially turning itin its own plane to cause the projections 2' thereon to move out ofalinement with the lower ends of the grooves g and engage under theupper shoulder of the annular groove 6, as indicated in Fig. 6. Reoessesis formed inthe disk It facilitate the turning of the latter by means ofa suitable tool, but the fit of the disk within the annular groove issufficiently loose to enable it to be turned with the tip of the fingerwithout the employment of a tool.

The hole Z formed through the flange or ledge 0 may be of variousdiameters accord ing to requirements. The stem 7 may be screw threadedas at m, formed with an enlarged tapered bore, or otherwise suitablyshaped for the attachment thereto of the mouthpiece of the pipe. Thechamber (Z may be filled with cotton or wool or other absorbentmaterial.

lVith the constructions of tobacco pipe above described, saliva enteringthe bore a of the stem 7 is collected within the chamber .(l which, inconjunction with the in wardly extending fiangeor ledge 0, positivelyprevents said saliva reaching the to bacco disposed in the bore of thebowl and above the disk It, so that said tobaccois maintained perfectly'dry with the result that it can be wholly consumed to a dry ash,

the consumption of tobacco is economized to a very great extent, theinsideof the bowl does not become coated and caked with a hard depositnecessitating the use of a penknife or otherinstrument in well-knownmanner, and a sweet, clean dry and considerably prolonged smoke can beobtained by the use of the pipe. The disk it prevents small pleces oftobacco being drawn 1nto or entering the bore a and, in con unctlon withmoisture therein, choking up the pipe.

free passage of air and smoke around said disk into the bore 6 ofthestem 7", the grooves 7), when'provided, assisting the draft of the pipe.and consumed the charge of tobacco in the bowl, all he need do is toshake out any collected saliva and nicotin through the stem in themanner usual with ordinary pipes, and blow through the pipe to dischargethe tobacco ash or dust, and this without removing the disk It; As willbe appreciated, the bowl of the pipe does not have to be violentlyknocked or scraped to remove unconsumed, wet and useless tobacco. Shouldthe disk accidentally fall out of the bowl or be- After the smoker hasused the pipe come dislodged it is an easy matter to replace it in itscorrect position.

It will be appreciated that the invention produces a pipe or holder withwhich the objects and advantages desired are obtained without in any wayinterferring with or complicating the construction of the stem ormouthpiece of same as is often the case with many forms of pipes orholders here tofore made or proposed, and that a perfectly free andunobstructed stem bore is provided.

What I claim is 1. A tobacco pipe having the bowl divided by an annularledge providing restricted communication between the bowl portions andopposite sides of the ledge, and an imperforate non-absorbent partitionremovably supported on said ledge as a support for the tobacco.

2. A. tobacco pipe having the bowl divided by an annular ledge providingrestricted communication between the bowl portions and opposite sidesor" the ledge, and animperforate non-absorbent partition 'remor-' ablysupported on said ledge as a support for the tobacco, there being airpassages formed between the ledge and partition.

A tobacco holding elementthrough which smoke is to be drawn from theburning tobacco. comprising a saliva chamber divided from, a tobaccochamber by an annular ledge, and an imperforate non-absorbent partitionadapted to rest on said hereunto

